Associations to the word «Sulfonate»

Wiktionary

SULFONATE, noun. (American spelling) (chemistry) Any salt or ester of a sulfonic acid.
SULFONATE, verb. To treat or react with a sulfonic acid, or to introduce such a group into a compound.

Dictionary definition

SULFONATE, noun. A salt of sulphonic acid.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats